[fastfredracing]

Long story short. In 2016 , it was the first year my wife and I were officially married, and filing taxes together .
Things were nutty, and busy and our taxes suddenly became very confusing . We filed an extension, then blew the extension off . We filed and paid all our other taxes on time after that
Last year, the IRS came looking for me , so we got our scheiss together, filed, and to our surprise, we were actually owed a nice refund .
Our tax preparer, told us that , since, we owed no real money, there would be no penalties and interest, but that the IRS may not pay out on our refund .
That sucks, but I am so used to having to pay money, and had historically had to pay lots of fines and penalties, that I was just thrilled that they were not coming to padlock my shop and seize the Porsche
We got a letter shortly after filing last year, saying that they received our return but that we were also not eligible for a refund .
Last week, I get a letter from the IRS. I hate these, so I opened it right away, and to my surprise, the letter stated that we were wrongly denied our tax refund from 2016, and that our refund will be processed in the next 4-6 weeks .
I had to read the letter 3 times , and pinch myself. Ever seen this before ?
So, are they reviewing old tax returns looking for mistakes now ?